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HOSPITAL MOVES PATIENT REGISTRATION TO MEDICAL CLINIC All patients, with the exception of surgery, should register at the RGH Clinic for lab, radiology and cardio-pulmonology rather than hospital. PORTALES, NM, June 21, 2018 – Effective Monday, ...

Portales, NM – Roosevelt General Hospital will now be pre-screening for Ebola outside of its facility. Patients and RGH visitors arriving at the hospital and clinic will be asked a series of questions regarding symptoms of Ebola disease. The ...

Portales, NM –Roosevelt County was awarded $500,000 to construct a new building for Arise Sexual Assault Services through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG). Roosevelt County was one of 12 applicants to be fully funded for the CDBG. A ...

By Christina Calloway, PNT senior writer ccalloway@pntonline.com Roosevelt General Hospital’s director of infection control said Thursday flu cases and people showing flu-like symptoms are increasing in the county. Tersa Bonifant said November ...

by Eric Norwood Jr., PNT staff writer enorwood@pntonline.com The CareFlight helicopter is nearing its one-year anniversary in Portales, and the impact is already being felt. According to CareFlight Vice President of Business Development Scott ...

by Christina Calloway, PNT senior writer ccalloway@pntonline.com It’s been hard for Barbara Layog to see destruction caused by Typhoon Haiyan in the country she grew up in. Layog moved from the Philippines to Roosevelt County about nine years ...

Portales, NM - Patients with critical, or life-threatening, medical conditions will now receive quicker air ambulance transportation to regional and metropolitan hospitals due to TriState CareFlight opening a new base at Roosevelt General Hospital. ...

By Alisa Boswell: PNT staff writer Published: Thursday, November 22nd, 2012 Roosevelt General Hospital now has the ability to transport medical patients by air after signing a contract with Tristate CareFlight, an organization operating across five ...

By Christina Calloway PNT senior writer Published: Wednesday, October 10th, 2012 Christina Calloway: Portales News-Tribune Dr. Erika Garcia of Roosevelt General Hospital plans to promote literacy among young children in Roosevelt County with the ...

By Christina Calloway PNT senior writer Published: Wednesday, August 15th, 2012 Roosevelt General Hospital officials said they have received a lot of questions about wellness checks from Medicare patients. Dr. Erika Garcia, who practices family ...

News Channel 10 - By Eric Ross PORTALES, N.M.- Big changes are coming to the Roosevelt General Hospital. A $2.1 million renovation project is now underway. It includes connecting the RGH Clinic to the hospital through two corridors with space being ...

By Christina Calloway: PNT senior writer Published: Thursday, July 5th, 2012 Expansion of Roosevelt General Hospital means faster service, more jobs and an increase in the amount of patients seen daily, according to RGH officials. The near $2.1 ...

Alisa Boswell Published: Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012 Roosevelt General Hospital is operating in the black for the first time since the hospital reopened in 2001, according to hospital officials. RGH Administrator Larry Leaming said the hospital ended ...

Alisa Boswell Records are a vital part of the medical field, according to Roosevelt General Hospital personnel in the records office. “These charts are patients’ lives,” said records office Administration Assistant Krystle Barton. ...